This last spring, Harbortown Rotary purchased two of CHUM's 43 CSA food shares to provide the benefit of fresh, organic fruits and vegetables to those in need. Harbortown donated the food shares rather than a cash donation to CHUM during their March food drive due to the greater impact made. Read the original story below in the Duluth News Tribune to learn more about an example of what amazing and impactful Harbortown funds throughout the year.
This spring, the food shelf partnered with 10 regional farms from Duluth, to Esko, to Bayfield, to bring 43 weekly community-supported agriculture shares to its clients at the food shelf, at Steve O’Neil and on the Iron Range, said Scott Van Daele, CHUM director of distributive services. The shares — equivalent to nearly 4,800 pounds of food — were funded in part by CHUM’s March campaign that brought in nearly $221,000.
For the entire month of November, the Harbortown Rotary Charitable Foundation, the Hermans Scholarship Fund, and the Donald Holm Founders Fund will be the recipients of all ROUND UP funds generated at the Mount Royal cash registers! We encourage you all to please patronize Mt. Royal Market throughout November, and ROUND UP your purchase dollars to donate to the Harbortown Rotary Charitable Foundation fundraiser.
Thanks!
Scott, Greg, Juhl, Jeremy, Jinell, Jim, Dan, & Craig
On Wednesday, November 17th, Harbortown Rotary and the KA Bike Duluth Festival will be presenting the charity partner donation check from funds raised by the 2021 KA Bike Duluth Festival. Please join us so we can recognize your efforts!
Harbortown Rotary's corporate member HDC is holding a Winter Clothing Drive for HDC clients!
Monday, Nov. 8th through Friday, Dec. 3rd, HDC will be collecting any and all warm winter clothing you can share! Please be sure to wash/sanitize items before donating them.
Items can be dropped off at any HDC office location:
810 E. 4th St., Duluth, MN 55805
1401 E. 2nd St., Duluth, MN 55805
40 Eleventh St., Cloquet, MN 55720
325 11th Ave., Two Harbors, MN 55616
1500 N. 34th St., #100, Superior, WI 54880
Questions or need pickup? Contact Chloe Strand (218.340.2531 / chloe.strand@hdchrc.org)
Rotary District 5580 is an organization of officers, committees, programs and activities intended to support the operations of the clubs within its area. It includes Rotary clubs in portions of MN, WI, Ontario, and all of ND. It is the District’s role to assist in strengthening each club and their ability to make a positive difference in their communities and in the world by:
Empowering engaged Rotarians in service to each other and to their communities
Fostering unity among member clubs
Strengthening and expanding Rotary around the District
Communicating the work of Rotary district-wide
Providing a system of inspiring and effective administration
We strive to continually enhance and grow the level of support we offer our District’s clubs, and we need your help in defining what is important, what is working, and what needs to be improved in our offerings. Pleaseprovide your valuable input by completing this short survey.
If you have an upcoming program duty (please check the upcoming duty roster), please be sure to secure a speaker and provide notice to Rick Oase (rickoase@yahoo.com) or Stephanie Judd (sljudd@gmail.com) as soon as that speaker is confirmed. If you are unable to confirm a speaker, consider other program ideas like a Ted Talk, presenting yourself on a relevant topic or your business, or creating some excitement for a community organization you are passionate about. It is your program, so think about what is interesting and engaging to you and share it with others!
If for some reason you are unable to switch duties with another member or you have simply exhausted all efforts to find a speaker, please notify Rick or Stephanie no later than 3 business days before the meeting (the Friday before the meeting your program is scheduled).
The Holiday Inn has dedicated a laptop for weekly Harbortown use. All presenters need to bring is a USB drive with the PowerPoint presentation (or whatever is wanted to be shown on the projector while speaking). Please share this information with your program's presenter.
Because Harbortown is asked by the Holiday Inn for RSVPs each week, Rob will RSVP each weekly presenter to ensure the presenter gets breakfast. If the presenter is bringing a guest, please let Rob know so he can RSVP the guest, as well. Questions? Please contact Rob Haglin (rhaglin@awkuettel.com).
Thank you for your help and thank you to all who are working hard to find engaging content for our upcoming sessions!
Upcoming Program Duties:
Feb. 16 - Hands-On Second Harvest Food Bank
Feb. 23 - Carl Maki
Mar. 2 - Dan Holm
Mar. 9 - Rick Cleath
Mar. 16 - Hands-On Boys and Girls Club (Clyde Iron Location)
For news, announcements, event promotion, social media, media releases, and more, please contact Charity Johnson (csjohnson@starbasemn.org / 218-788-7288) and Chloe Strand (chloe.strand@hdchrc.org / 218.340.2531).
For Scuttlebutt: If you are hosting the program speaker, please copy Charity and Chloe on the speaker's name, organization, and email. If you are the chair of a Harbortown Committee, please update Charity and Chloe on relevant information regarding grants and awards, meetings or news. Charity and Chloe will use this information to create more dynamic and engaging content to share with potential club members and on social media!
It is our goal to continue to share the good work that Harbortown Rotary is doing in our community, so your help and support is greatly appreciated! Thank you!
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